Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-06-10

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jun 10
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,453 head
804 vs last sale 2,257 389 vs year ago 1,064 · +36.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
170 vs last sale 315 22 vs year ago 123 · +17.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
6 vs last sale 54 28 vs year ago 32 · +87.5%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers over 800 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, while feeder heifers over 750 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. All other weights of yearlings and all weights of calves not well tested today. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher, instances 2.00 to 3.00 higher on fleshier cows. Slaughter bulls not well tested today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.43/cwt on 641 head.
Average price
$114.43
641 head · 793 lb average
Value per head Derived
$907
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$52
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.41
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1793114.73910610
Medium and Large 1-2791108.4685831
One grade step is worth $6.27/cwt here — about $52 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale641 hd
114.43
KS average2 barns · 2,481 hd
117.84
−3.41
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,90392.001,7502thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40769.2497428
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17565.6677274
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11956.8663731

Every lot, as filed

39 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock - Dodge City, KS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersLarge 1785125.00/cwt125.00–125.009816
SteersMedium and Large 1879124.24/cwt121.00–125.601,092110
SteersMedium and Large 1928121.32/cwt120.00–122.001,12663
SteersMedium and Large 1756127.00/cwt127.00–127.0096044
SteersMedium and Large 1-2858117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0048
SteersMedium and Large 1597146.00/cwt146.00–146.0087214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2778124.00/cwt124.00–124.009654
SteersMedium and Large 1729130.27/cwt130.00–131.009507
SteersMedium and Large 1824127.02/cwt122.00–128.001,047149
SteersLarge 11,025109.79/cwt109.50–111.001,12586
SteersMedium and Large 1970118.61/cwt118.00–119.251,151113
HeifersMedium and Large 1784115.31/cwt112.00–117.00904166
HeifersMedium and Large 1880108.44/cwt108.10–108.75954139
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2838103.95/cwt102.50–105.0087114
HeifersMedium and Large 1635128.50/cwt128.50–128.5081634
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2881102.00/cwt102.00–102.008996
HeifersMedium and Large 1684123.00/cwt123.00–123.0084131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2730120.00/cwt120.00–120.008766
HeifersMedium and Large 1431138.20/cwt137.00–141.0059620
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2627115.00/cwt115.00–115.007215
HeifersMedium and Large 1517130.00/cwt130.00–130.006726
HeifersMedium and Large 1826112.37/cwt109.25–114.25928214
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,408916.76/cwt860.00–950.0012,9085
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40368.58/cwt66.50–71.0096224
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,291850.00/cwt850.00–850.0010,9744
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43373.22/cwt72.50–74.001,0494
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2841,050.99/cwt1,035.00–1,075.0013,49513
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17565.66/cwt60.00–70.0077274
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,5051,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0015,8032
CowsLean 85-90%1,14158.92/cwt53.00–62.5067224
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,311948.55/cwt885.00–975.0012,43513
CowsLean 85-90%97946.76/cwt44.00–51.004586
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,345835.00/cwt835.00–835.0011,2312
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2631,092.50/cwt1,025.00–1,160.0013,7986
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5501,210.00/cwt1,210.00–1,210.0018,7552
Bulls1,90590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,7151
Bulls1,90094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,7861
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,388887.49/cwt800.00–960.0012,3186
CowsLean 85-90%1,44568.00/cwt68.00–68.009831

How this sale compares

Kansas weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.